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"Yucca skirt kachina," painted wood with hair feathers, yarn, yucca fiber
"Yucca skirt kachina," painted wood with hair feathers, yarn, yucca fiber
Object Number 981-21-10/58615
Display Title "Yucca skirt kachina," painted wood with hair feathers, yarn, yucca fiber
Descriptions
Object Description "Yucca skirt kachina," painted wood with hair feathers, yarn, yucca fiber
Inventory Description Kachina doll, carved wood, poly painted, yarn ruff and ear rosettes, yucca skirt
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960
Artist Harry Masayumptiva
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Old Oraibi
Additional Geographic Terms Third Mesa
Materials Wood, Paint, Yucca, Fabric, Yarn, Leather, Metal, Feather
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 15.3 x 10.1 cm (14 15/16 x 6 x 4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 981-21-10/58615
Provenance
Collector Prof. Mischa Titiev (1960?)
Donor Prof. Mischa Titiev (1981)

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